Technology News
Recovery for high-performance computing
Worldwide factory revenue for the high-performance computing (HPC) technical server market jumped by 7,9% to nearly $2,6-billion in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13), up from $2,4-billion in the same period of 2012, according to the newly released International Data...
YahClick triples customer base in six months
In March of this year, Vox Telecom announced that its satellite broadband service, YahClick, had signed its one thousandth customer – and now that number of been tripled, says YahClick project manager Jacques Visser. “The results have been wonderful, but in a way, not...
No fireworks after iPhone launch
Apple yesterday unveiled two new iPhone models, the new flagship iPhone 5S and the lower-priced iPhone 5C, along with the improved iOS 7 mobile operating system. HIS has unpacked what it means for the immediate future of the brand. “At an unsubsidised cost of $549,...
Sales organisations need B2B skills upgrade
Despite all the attention around digital marketing and its ability to connect with customers in new and meaningful ways, people selling to people is still the primary way in which business-to-business (B2B) technology purchases are made, according to a recent survey...
Increased confidence grows workstation sales
The latest EMEA quarterly workstation tracker results from International Data Corporation (IDC) show 3% year-on-year growth in shipments in the second quarter of 2013, after five consecutive quarters of decline. The fixed workstation segment was mainly flat, with...
SA trade conditions tighten in August
Trade conditions tightened in August 2013 as SACCI (South African Chamber of Commerce & Industry) trade conditions survey respondents experienced a less favourable environment which also effected a downward revision in their six-month outlook. From April 2013,...
Storage revenues show upward tick
Results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Storage Software QView show that worldwide storage software revenues increased 4,1% year over year to nearly $3,5-billion in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13). "Data protection and recovery software and...
Sun power lets Tembisa school aim high
Phomolong Secondary School in Tembisa has become the first school to be connected to one of Samsung’s Solar Power Generators. The generator will power the school’s administration block, which accounts for over 90% of its total electricity consumption. Samsung also...
Deadline for employment equity returns looms
All designated employers who employ 50 or more employees or whose turnover value exceeds the annual thresholds must submit Employment Equity reports this year. Employers may deliver printed reports to their nearest Labour Centre before 01 October 2013. Manual...
IPv6 – the Internet protocol with a twist
The adoption and overall success of a new global technology are often driven by a number of factors such as user acceptance, infrastructure readiness or even accessibility, says Dean Young, senior sales Consultant Telecommunications at T-Systems in South Africa....
Entersekt stores encryption keys in cloud
Transaction authentication provider, Entersekt, has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) to store the encryption keys for its Transakt application. Leveraging AWS’ CloudHSM service, Entersekt will now store the encryption keys for Transakt, the mobile application that...
Video-based customer service
Video-based customer service is a key growth area. Think about the new Google+ platform – how it is designed to allow us to use easy, Google+ spontaneous video chat to strike up conversations with others, says Peter Flanagan, Genesys regional director: Southern &...
Is Apple ready for app changes?
New ways of delivering apps on mobile phones could spell trouble for Apple after it unveiled its latest iPhone. The new 5S has impressed onlookers with its fingerprint reader, while adding a better camera and a faster processor, but Dr Ronald Klingebiel, assistant...
Recovery for high-performance computing
Worldwide factory revenue for the high-performance computing (HPC) technical server market jumped by 7,9% to nearly $2,6-billion in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13), up from $2,4-billion in the same period of 2012, according to the newly released International Data...
YahClick triples customer base in six months
In March of this year, Vox Telecom announced that its satellite broadband service, YahClick, had signed its one thousandth customer – and now that number of been tripled, says YahClick project manager Jacques Visser. “The results have been wonderful, but in a way, not...
No fireworks after iPhone launch
Apple yesterday unveiled two new iPhone models, the new flagship iPhone 5S and the lower-priced iPhone 5C, along with the improved iOS 7 mobile operating system. HIS has unpacked what it means for the immediate future of the brand. “At an unsubsidised cost of $549,...
Sales organisations need B2B skills upgrade
Despite all the attention around digital marketing and its ability to connect with customers in new and meaningful ways, people selling to people is still the primary way in which business-to-business (B2B) technology purchases are made, according to a recent survey...
Increased confidence grows workstation sales
The latest EMEA quarterly workstation tracker results from International Data Corporation (IDC) show 3% year-on-year growth in shipments in the second quarter of 2013, after five consecutive quarters of decline. The fixed workstation segment was mainly flat, with...
SA trade conditions tighten in August
Trade conditions tightened in August 2013 as SACCI (South African Chamber of Commerce & Industry) trade conditions survey respondents experienced a less favourable environment which also effected a downward revision in their six-month outlook. From April 2013,...
Storage revenues show upward tick
Results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Storage Software QView show that worldwide storage software revenues increased 4,1% year over year to nearly $3,5-billion in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13). "Data protection and recovery software and...